Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider - Windows 8 Service

Manages software-based volume shadow copies taken by the Volume Shadow Copy service. If this service is stopped, software-based volume shadow copies cannot be managed. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

Default Behavior

The Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service runs as LocalSystem in its own process of svchost.exe. Other services may not run in the same process. If Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider fails to start, the error is logged. Windows 8 startup proceeds, but a message box is displayed informing you that the swprv service has failed to start.